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Do not be afraid! Life with Christ is a wonderful adventure. He alone can give full meaning to life. He alone is the center of history. Live by Him!
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11/13/2026

May Mother Frances Cabrini, an “intrepid missionary of Christ” and patroness of immgirants, inspire us “hear the cries of the poor” and continue serving the least and vulnerable around us.

"The Heart of Jesus does things in such a hurry that I can barely keep up with him.” — Mother Cabrini

“Born in Pavia, Italy, Frances desired to enter religious life, but was refused due to her frail health. She was given charge of an orphanage, where she took private religious vows and gathered like-minded women. In 1880 Frances founded the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart and accepted a call to the Italian immigrants of New York. She and her sisters founded orphanages and schools, paying bills at first by begging from door to door. Frances’ mission took her to Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, New Orleans, and the West Coast. She collapsed in Chicago at the age of sixty-seven as she wrapped Christmas sweets for local schoolchildren. She was the first U.S. citizen to be canonized.” - Magnificat, Vol. 27, No. 9

Full Homily: https://ow.ly/jq9w50U5ApS.

Images: Wiki Commons (public domain)

11/12/2026

Join us tomorrow night! Discover the beautiful work that the Holy Spirit desires to do in you (body & soul). Prayer ministry for physical healing is included!

Led by Mark Gargulinski and Daniel Stoneking, leaders of the Encounter School of Ministry DC Campus, the evening will include inspirational talks on the transformational work the Holy Spirit desires to do in us and how he can work through us. The night will also include prayer ministry for physical healing.

RSVP: https://jpiitransformationnight.eventbrite.com

11/12/2026

Join us for an overnight Advent retreat, "Live Advent Like John Paul II" from Friday evening, Dec. 4th to noon on Sunday, Dec. 6. The retreat will be led by Fr. William J. Ferguson, Chaplain of the Saint John Paul II National Shrine.
The program includes opportunities for Mass, Spiritual Direction, Confession and Eucharistic Adoration.
LEARN MORE: https://JP2Adventretreat.eventbrite.com

11/11/2026

Today, we wish our Polish brothers and sisters a very happy & blessed Independence Day!
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November 11th commemorates the restoration of Poland's sovereignty in 1918 after 123 years of partitions, during which Poland was divided between the German, Austro-Hungarian and Russian Empires. In his 1999 address to the Polish Parliament, John Paul II recalled the “heroic witness” of the Polish people: "I am thinking above all of the times of the partitions and, with these, the struggle to regain a vanished Poland, struck from the map of Europe." John Paul II urged the leaders of the Polish nation to meditate about freedom, so newly regained, and its ordering to the common good. His exhortation rings true for us today: "We are invited to a deep reflection upon the responsible use, in public life, of the gift of regained freedom and upon the need to work together for the common good”— JPII, Address to Polish Parliament, 6/11/99

Full Address: https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/speeches/1999/june/documents/hf_jp-ii_spe_19990611_warsaw-parliament.html

Photo: D2000.002.0333, Tony Spina, a Detroit Free Press image, held in the collection of the Saint John Paul II National Shrine.

11/11/2026

We thank God today for all veterans and honor all who serve our country defending our freedom!
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Lord God, Almighty Father,
creator of mankind and author of peace,
as we are ever mindful of the cost paid for the liberty we possess, we ask you to bless the members of our armed forces.
Give them courage, hope and strength.
May they ever experience your firm support, gentle love and compassionate healing.
Be their power and protector, leading them from darkness to light.
To you be all glory, honor and praise, now and forever. Amen.
https://www.usccb.org/resources/prayer-veterans-day

11/10/2026

Happy feast day of Saint Leo the Great!

“Leo the Great served as pope from September 29, 440 until his death on November 10, 461. He is the first pope to have left sermons for us to read. His ninety-seven sermons communicate in exquisite Latin the mysteries of the faith, often delivered for the liturgical feasts and seasons. In Sermon 74, he preaches, ‘What was to be seen of our Redeemer has passed over into the sacraments.’ Much of his preaching was also dedicated to fostering care for the poor. In Sermon 9, he preaches, ‘Let no human being be thought worthless to a human being, nor should that nature which the Creator of things made his own be despised in anyone.’” - Magnificat, Vol. 27, No. 9

Image credit: Wiki Commons - Francisco de Herrera el Mozo (Spanish, 1622-1685): Saint Leo Magnus
Full Address: https://ow.ly/lf5R50YVNR9

Address

3900 Harewood Road NE
Washington D.C., DC
20017

Opening Hours

Monday	10am - 3:30pm
Tuesday	10am - 3:30pm
Wednesday	10am - 3:30pm
Thursday	10am - 3:30pm
Friday	10am - 3:30pm
Saturday	10am - 5pm
Sunday	10am - 5pm

Telephone

+12026355400

Website

http://www.jp2shrine.org/

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